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Monthly Archives: April 2020

Sindh CM’s hints at tighter lockdown

By Mukhtar Alam: The Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Murad Ali Shah, in his routine video message, stated that the detection of 104 new coronavirus cases in one day was ‘quite worrisome situation’ and the reason behind this was ‘not a strict enforcement of lockdown.’ “During

Doctors associations seek protective gears

By Mukhtar Alam: The doctors bodies appeared concerned over what they say failures of governments and health administration in providing due protection to frontline medical professionals against coronavirus in hospitals across the country. Demanding for provision of safety kits to front liners, the Pakistan Islamic

Coronavirus Update: 84 new cases in Karachi

By Mukhtar Alam: According to the Sindh health department’s updates on corona, 86 new infections were confirmed in 586 tests conducted in 24 hours ending at 8 am on April 10. The tally of overall corona infection reached to 1,214 in the province. The corona

CM’s brother-in-law dies of COVID-19?

By Mukhtar Alam: The name of Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah’s brother-in law, Syed Mehdi Shah, who died at a private university hospital of Karachi on April 9, has finally been included in the official list of people having died of COVID-19 in

Private hospitals reluctant to admit COVID-19 patients

By Mukhtar Alam: The private hospitals in Karachi have expressed their reservations over the government’s demand for reserving 10 percent of their beds for treatment of coronavirus infected patients and suggested to the authorities to first utilize the public sector facilities to the optimum. The

DUHS researchers working on COVID-19

By Mukhtar Alam: The researchers at the Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) have explored natural mutations which, according to them, can withstand the novel coronavirus in human genes. The experts associated with the DUHS’ Dow College of Biotechnology (DCB) reckoned that the recent research

Coronavirus Update: Sindh tops in terms of deaths

By Mukhtar Alam: Sindh, with 21 confirmed deaths, topped among the provinces which have commutatively reported so far 63 deaths among 4,489 coronavirus patients till April 9. The Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Murad Ali Shah, confirmed the 21st death in the province on April 9

Coronavirus peak yet to come: expert

By Mukhtar Alam: Prof Dr Abdul Bari Khan, CEO of the Indus Hospital and a member of Sindh CM Task force on coronavirus, has opined that the outbreak’s peak was yet to be witnessed. The disturbing thing, he pointed out in a television interview, was

KMC sets up filter clinic in Landhi

By Mukhtar Alam: Karachi’s Mayor Wasim Akhtar inaugurated a 24/7 filter clinic for suspected patients of coronavirus and other facilities to treat the positive cases at the Cardiac Emergency Centre in Landhi-2 on April 8. He took a round of isolation ward, disclosing that 12